All-Girl Big Band Drummer Turns 106 – IOTW Report

All-Girl Big Band Drummer Turns 106

Blinddog sent in this story about these wartime gals who were merely “temporary substitutes for men” while the boys went to war.

Yeah, no. This band was great. And I rather look at this orchestra leader than a Glenn Miller-

Viola is featured in this clip. (What’s the deal with the bent cymbals? Did all of our metal, including cymbals, go to the war effort?)

Interview when she was 100–>

7 Comments on All-Girl Big Band Drummer Turns 106

  1. BFH, when the new Zildjian factory opened in Norwell, MA we toured it and saw many examples of cymbals thru the company’s history. Many weren’t the perfect specimens we see today and like me, some were warped….

    PS, that band is the cat’s meow.

    Merry Christmas Y’all !

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  2. What is it about big band music that makes me want to get up and dance and I can’t dance worth beans? Sometimes I think our parents had better music than we did as baby boomers. And I love listening to Benny Goodman and a lot of the swing band music (as well as jazz and ragtime music) from the generation before me. Merry Christmas everyone, it’s going to be a great day today.

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